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BRITISH HISTORY

200

'England & France fought the Battle of the Herrings in 1429, as this long, long conflict lurching was to a close'

The Hundred Years\' War

400

'This name was first used for a political party c. 1629 by those who wanted James, Duke of York to become king'

Tory

600

'In the late 400s 3 Germanic tribes invaded the Angles, Saxons, & this one for whom a Danish peninsula was named'

Jutes

800

'The Roman portion of the island had this name, followed in names of provinces by "Inferior" and "Superior"'

Britannia

1000

'Clearly lacking direction, this Lord, P.M. from 1770 to 1782, was known as "The Minister Who Lost America"'

Lord North

COMPUTER MILESTONES

200

'1981:
This company introduces its "Personal Computer" using the MS-DOS operating system'

IBM

400

'1988:
Crafted by Robert Morris, the first known one of these viruses wriggles into computers'

a worm

600

'1975:
Microsoft is founded by these 2 college dropouts'

Paul Allen & Bill Gates

800

'1997:
A computer with this colorful name defeats a world chess champion'

Deep Blue

1000

'1994:
Netscape releases this efficient Internet browser'

Navigator

THE "X" GAMES

200

'We're stunned that the Phaser is a series of printers from this document company'

Xerox

400

'In 1997 Gillian Anderson won an Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a Drama for her work on this series'

The X-Files

600

'Chromosomal pairing in humans that traditionally leads to frogs & snails & puppy-dogs' tails'

X-Y

800

'In his "Anabasis" this Greek historian & soldier recounted an attack on Persia in the 5th century B.C.'

Xenophon

1000

'This woody central part of a tree trunk consists of sapwood & heartwood'

xylem

CELEB BEFORE & AFTER

200

'This "Kill Bill" star played 11 seasons behind the plate for the Yankees'

Uma Thurman Munson

400

'This "Fast & The Furious" star had no trouble stepping into Chuck Norris' old TV role'

Paul Walker Texas Ranger

600

'Bet ya didn't know Keanu's Matrix squeeze wrote "You Can Take It With You" with George Kaufman in the 30s'

Carrie-Anne Moss Hart

800

'The BBC's Mr. Darcy is a body of water just north of Edinburgh & west of the North Sea'

Colin Firth of Fourth

1000

'This recent King Kong actress was responsible for the civil unrest in South Central L.A. in 1965'

Naomi Watts Riots

THAT'S OUR LEADER!

200

'Prime Minister Shinzo Abe'

Japan

400

'Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt'

Sweden

600

'Prime Minister Nouri Al-Malaki'

Iraq

800

'President Martin Torrijos Espino'

Panama

1000

'President Emile LaHoud'

Lebanon